Kitchen Knives

[financialwizard]

Mine are awful. Where can I get some half decent new ones that are not going to cost more than £100?

I've got a number of Victorinox small ones, serrated and smooth, for general chopping and peeling, they come in at around £5 per knife, and can be picked up in any kitchen shop. Good little work horses, sharpen well, will give 10 years of service if kept in a block or guard and used on a board. I've got a Kitchen Devils bread knife at about £15 and a couple of Richardson Fusion 'ForeverSharp' at @£20 a time and a large Cooks knife of the same brand that was about £35 I think. That one probably will need replacing in another few years but it will have done over 15yrs at that point. If I had unlimited funds I'd have Sabatier or Global ones.

Ok will give it a go. Thanks

You only really need a good chefs knife and a small paring knife, bread knife & for me a cheese knife.

Tk maxx can be good-I like global, wusthof & Balance knives

you need a good sharpener. devices with steel scraping wheels aren't.

Look for an electric one with miniature rotating grindstones. Also use a steel once the knives are already sharp to keep then keen. A ceramic one is better but much more expensive. It will take you about 90 seconds to learn to use a steel.

serrated knives are fairly impossible to resharpen. I like french cook's knives of the Sabatier style but opinions differ.

You will need a magnetic knife rack or a wooden block. Knives bashing their edges together in a drawer will be damaged. You will need plastic or wooden cutting boards.